Training and Development
A SIMPLER APPROACH TO SUCCESSFUL LEADERSHIP
Development Certification
For Senior Leaders
Transformational Leadership Development Program
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For Lean Facilitators and Core Team Members
Four-week curriculum focused on classroom, application, scenario-based learning, simulations and breakout exercises. PDF
Online e-Learning from Simpler is suitable for those new to Lean principles or with a good knowledge...(Read more)
e-SenseiSM Lean Practitioner Training provides a valuable Level 1 Certification from Cardiff University...(Read more)
This 3-5 day workshop builds on the rich proven system of Simpler’s® approach to effective OTI...(Read more) PDF
This three-day knowledge transfer is achieved through interactive lecture, process simulations, and tool exercises...(Read more) PDF
A professional course designed to develop the skills of your Leadership...(Read more) PDF
Three-day workshop for Leadership to understand the root causes, gaps and pitfalls of not sustaining the gains...(Read more) PDF
Designed to develop the skills of your Leadership, targeted specifically to senior levels in your organization...(Read more) PDF
Shingo Readiness Initiative
Professional approach to prepare your installation for a bid to win the Shingo Prize award...(Read more)
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Facilitator Training
Improving the capability of your people to lead and guide teams through your Lean initiative processes...(Read more)
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Is customized to the needs of the client, engages the client’s people in the process, and delivers an action plan...(Read more) PDF
For those new to Lean and those building their Lean foundation
Practical Problem Solving Workshop
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Need Customized Training? We can customize a training program to your organization’s specific needs that engages your team members in the process and delivers an action plan. Our services range from strategic sourcing to strategic planning and implementation to Lean accounting adoption to supply chain design to new-systems design and development. This is an adjunct and complementary set of services to the normal Lean endeavors.
To inquire about scheduling an on-site workshop, please contact:
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North America Mark Niccum niccumm@simpler.com Phone: (336) 283-4051 |
Europe and Asia Pacific Glyn Finney finneyg@simpler.com Phone: +44 (0)7950 683302 |
Training Within Industry (TWI)
This 3-5 day workshop builds on the rich proven system of Simpler’s approach to effective Orientation, Training & Informing (OTI) to create a total closed loop system of finding, developing, training, sustaining & retaining people to engrain continuous improvement into your organization.
A proven systematic management system to hire, orient, develop & retain capable people who are willing and able to contribute to the organizations mission, vision, values, goals and objectives (purpose).
This becomes the formal method of developing the pillar “Respect for People” in Toyota Business System.
New Product Development
This three day knowledge transfer is through interactive lecture, process simulations, and tool exercises that will enable the students to understand the Lean tools and methods that will dramatic reduce time-to-market product development.
This workshop is different in that participants will apply lean tools and techniques to a simple product from concept to market. The knowledge comes from seeing all the various tools and techniques as they are applied, rather than just in theory. The deliverable is how to get started, how to achieve breakthrough results and overcoming obstacles you have faced in past regards to New Product Development lead times ands quality.
Cell Leadership Development
A professional course designed to develop the skills of your Leadership, targeted specifically at front line Supervisors. Unlike the traditional tools training offered by others, our extensive hands on experience enabled us to design a three, three day course that will lead to success in these roles. The Cell Leadership Development is focused on improving the capability of your Leadership through Leading people, improving processes, and building a culture of continuous improvement.
Sustainment Workshop
The focus of this three day workshop is for Leadership to understand the root causes, gaps and pitfalls of not sustaining the gains from your organizations continuous improvement efforts. This Sustainment workshop is a systematic approach to improve the capability of your Leadership through A3 Thinking. The participants will develop an understanding of gap analysis, driving solutions and building a culture of continuous improvement that truly sustains the gains.
Developing Lean Leaders
A professional course designed to develop the skill of your Leadership, targeted specifically for senior levels in your organization. Unlike other Leadership development sessions, this session will focus on the new skills required to initiate, manage and lead the organizational change required for transformations. The need for this material initiated from the question "What should the Leadership role entail?".
The Developing Lean Leader course is a customized systematic approach to improve the capability of your Leadership through Leading people, improving processes and building a culture of continuous improvement during a Lean Transformation. The course participants will learn from experienced Sensei through a series of teaching and interactive exercises based on the years of actual experiences gained as they drove their organizations through a Lean Transformation with real results.
Shingo Readiness Initiative
impler’s Shingo Readiness Initiative is a professional approach to prepare your installation for a bid to win the Shingo Prize award.
The Shingo Prize achievement criteria provides framework for identifying and evaluating world class manufacturing and business related competence and performance. The criteria comprise a systems model for manufacturing excellence.
Shingo Prize applicants must prepare an Achievement Report that details key activities and results for each section of the Achievement Criteria based on relevant facts and data spanning a period of three years or longer. Simpler will assist in Achievement Report guidance/analysis, assist in development of a defined project plan (vertical value stream), and monthly gap analysis while coaching and mentoring Leadership.
Facilitator Training
Facilitator Training is a systematic approach to improve the capability of your people that have been selected by your organization to lead and guide teams through your lean initiative processes and help ensure sustainment. This four day knowledge transfer from Sensei to participant will be through classroom learning, simulations- demonstration, and exercises to provide the participants with the roles and responsibilities of a Lean Facilitator utilizing lean tools, techniques and principles.
IT Assessment
IT assessment is customized to the needs of the client, engages the client’s people in the process, and delivers an actionable plan. Successful assessments have ranged from defining a business-system solution to reduce delivery lead-times, to increase complete-and-on-time shipment performance, to reduce costs of a running application system, to consolidate computing hardware for more capacity at less cost, to choose a software package for a particular need, to examining a client’s disaster recoverability, to adopting a specific programming methodology to improve system-development speed and quality and conformance to requirements, and the like.
e-Learning affordable online short courses
Online e-Learning from Simpler is suitable for those new to Lean principles or with a good knowledge of Lean or Kaizen and who are looking to apply their knowledge to their business. These concise training courses allow you to select individual topics of specific interest, or select the whole program, to obtain a good understanding of the key subjects in getting started with lean.
e-SenseiSM certified lean practitioner online training
e-SenseiSM Lean Practitioner Training provides a valuable Level 1 Certification from Cardiff University Lean Enterprise Research Centre (LERC) and a work based lean improvement using a Rapid Improvement Event (RIE). Designed for all managers and improvement practitioners wanting to implement lean thinking through employee engagement to improve quality, reduce lead time or reduce costs. You and your staff will learn the key skills of Lean, including A3 thinking, waste reduction, current state analysis, team leadership and much more.